Are you ready for the World’s Biggest Puppy Party?

Dog-loving celebrities and sports personalities are giving their support to Puppy Farm Awareness Day which takes place this year on 19th September 2009.

This special day will help to educate the millions of people in the UK who are considering buying a puppy but are unsure who to contact and what to do next about purchasing one.

Located in remote areas of our British countryside, Puppy Farms mass-produce puppies which are usually removed from their mothers too early, transported around the country to dealers, and then sold from the internet, pet shops, free newspapers or even motorway service stations.

As a result these poor puppies are bought lacking socializing skills and commonly suffer from fatal health problems which can include pneumonia, parvovirus, as well as dangerous infestations of fleas and worms, often requiring hundreds of pounds of veterinary or behavioural treatment to fix.

Breeding bitches are usually kept in cages or small pens, rarely see daylight or touch grass, and are mated on every heat; just fed enough to keep them producing pups, with little or no veterinary care at all.

WBPuppyParty

The World’s Biggest Puppy Party invites all puppy owners to take part in a fun event whilst raising national awareness about such an important and serious animal welfare issue.

This unique day will also feature a funky doggy shopping area, Scruffts cross-breed heats, assistance dog displays as well as an all-day celebrity-judged fun dog show open to dogs of all ages, with soapstars from EastEnders, Corrie and The Bill, TV Presenters, models including Jo-Emma Larvin and Liz Fuller, as well as ex-World Champion boxer Michael Watson MBE judging ‘Best Boxer Dog’!

The World’s Biggest Puppy Party is a non-profit dog-show held at Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, on 19th September 2009.

Admission is a donation to be split between three charities: Hope Rescue, Sussex Pet Rescue and Pro Dogs Direct who rescue and rehabilitate ex-breeding bitches and stud-dogs.

For full day’s line-up ring timetable click here.

To meet the dog-loving celebrity judges click here.

To register for FREE TICKETS click here.

Puppy Farm Awareness Day: Full Ring Timetable

PUPPY FARM AWARENESS DAY DOG SHOW

Brighton Racecourse, Saturday 19th September 2009

Master of Ceremonies: Mr Danny Pike (radio presenter, BBC Sussex)

TIME EVENT
11.00 Prettiest Bitch – Scruffts – sponsored by The Treatment Rooms, Brighton
Liz Fuller (former Miss Great Britain, model, TV presenter)
Jo-Emma Larvin (model, TV presenter)
Lindsay Fergusson (model)
Jodie Rogers (partner of Brighton & Hove Albion’s captain Adam Virgo)
Emma Saxby (interior designer)

11.20 Handsomest Dog – Scruffts
Carol Cleveland (actor, Monty Python)

Julie Cowell (Simon’s mum!)
Debbie Forsyth (Bruce’s daughter!)
Gary Forde (celebrity hairdresser)
Julie Ann Gilbert (artist)

11.40 Child’s Best Friend – Scruffts
Robert Alleyne (celebrity dog trainer, Dog Borstal)
Simon Kirby (Conservative parliamentary candidate, Brighton Kemptown)

12.00 Demonstration by Canine Partners

12.20 Golden Oldie – Scruffts
Roger Mugford (celebrity dog trainer)
Nancy Platts (Labour parliamentary candidate, Brighton Pavilion)

12.40 Best Pedigree

13.00 Sussex Police Dog Demonstration

13.20 Laziest Dog
David Spinx & Genghis (actor, EastEnders)

13.40 Most Glamourous Pooch & Owner
Anneka Svenska (TV presenter)
Peter Jarrette (TV & radio personality & Brighton socialite!)
Cindy Jackson (cosmetic queen)

14.00 Parade of the Ex-Breeding Bitches, followed by the ‘World’s Biggest Puppy Party’ – Photocall

14.40 Best Rescue Dog
Chris Ellison (actor, The Bill, EastEnders, and painter)
JoAnne Good (radio presenter, BBC London)
Cllr Ann Norman (Mayor of Brighton & Hove)
Caroline Lucas (Green parliamentary candidate, Brighton Pavilion)

15.20 Best Boxer Dog
Michael Watson MBE (ex-world champion boxer)

15.40 Dog Judges Would Most Write Home About
Sara Lawrence (novelist, freelance journalist)
Marcella Whittingdale (journalist, TV presenter, GMTV)
Nikki Bayley (freelance writer, journalist)
Caraline Brown (PR guru)
Briggy Smale (writer, presenter)
Gareth Davies (journalist, Telegraph)

16.00 Close with Best in Show

Dog registration will open at 10.00am

To register for your FREE TICKETS click here.

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